…BULK RATE U.5. POSTAGE PAID B ton Harbor, 22 It .50 VOL. IV 0.34 JULY 28 - AUG. 3, 1982 I . go to benefit the . y's 10 -incom re and ill· ould be ay C ford, t Director of the ational Lo Income Housing Coali tion in ashington, D.C. called the plan "rip-off UDAG" and id the plan by benefiting middl in come peopl ho appeal to the banks ould re It in the "gentrffie ti n" of the city. Given the high unem ploym nt of ity re...…
…BULK RATE US. POSTAGE PAID 8 on rbor, I 4tOZ2 It .50 , EPAG 3 25 VOL. IV 0.33 JULY 21 - 27, 1 2. , mmer of 1981 ill hand some measure of seri>u of problem . reflected by the fOJl(NflDl infonnati>n: tio y although B Ameri- men "in eDJeCO Florida, four of by policemen and unanned. only an approximate 10 percent e population, they are 80 percent of tho t by police. - Of the 1a fIVe killings by police- part of a report under...…
…- BULK RATE U .:5. POSTAGE PAID _VOL. IV O. JULY 14 - 20, 1 2 ich n ill go to y Community Deeartment Director, be returned fund, area. Some 30,000 foreement in th Be . area. Build . in ctio ill be conducted. There will be 100,000 vailabl in and grant for pri te housi re b in th BeUvie area so. Plans call for n penditure of 7 000 per home. Co' 0 3 due HUD from th …
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…,. VOL. IV p. JU -JULY .1 7: cifJCa1ly at the m �or' y B popu- tion. He obtained CETA fund and put re' ents to or and initi ted nutrition program for th elderly and h ndi pped. ore than $3 millon in federal and other fund ere channeled into Tchula under Carthan' I dership. But too y, the city overnrnent i ain almo all hite nd there are no feder 1 program. For th la few ye Cart y he h been on the proverbial ramo d tr - railro ded...…
…CITY MI o $1.6 MILLIO An Indian contractor from Berri n Spring ha the 1 rge b-contra on the 1.6 million ttered site public housi project. C.C .S. Co will do the con ruction management and carpentry $285,232 ccording to record to the Benton Harbor Hou . or for b mit ted Commi • OJ C n, Benton Harbor firm ill do 105, ()()() orth of or on the 46 home to b built. Of th t $31 000 will go to city minoritie . "The problem . findi ...…
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…Tum to 3 VOL. IV 0.27 JUNE 9 - 15, 19 2 1IeIl..ux· Corp. a.allBCllD ."'.,_. ••. _, 69, retked fro exllaM�S. 1 f of t …
…BULK RATE U .5. POSTAGE PAID B ton turb , I 4 22 It .50 TV TO PAG 3 VOL. IV NO. 26 JUNE 2 - ,1982 Se In 25 Ie of C Ex cutiv ,Y ring�on's � .......... y to run Public Hou · , …
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…VOL. IV O. 24 AY 19 - 25, 1 2 Sen Tri-County South D?- TOPAG c I • I • I …
…VOL. IV . 23 A Y 12 - 1, 2 Sen Tri-Coun ich an 25 °t Joel ho in job � ci HUD mu bO ° OP IE …
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…TO PAGE 4 DIFFERS SHARPLY FRO TaT)' eHy The 1983 propo budget given to Benton Harbor city commissioners on day night differ sharply from the Coop er Lybrand study purchased t year by th city for 60,000. Where Coope &: Lybrand projected a deficit for 1983 of some $300,000 ith a promise of "major budgeting problems will develop," the budget prepared by Finance Department Supervisor and act city anager Gerald Heppler pro . fOT 93...…
…r: , on of hi da n busin , Shaffer moving, stu- dentS d out t to cut himn refer- D elly the jury ent into de ib - tio in of the People . ice Carter, they requested· tranlcript of from omen. …
…BENTO HARBO FOR DESIG Ano For up-to-date G VE L C • • • • Carter fee it . t put him behind bars for life. �L�ulced in 1976 for the t form Benton Harbor police officer Thom Schadler in December, 1973, Carter is an inmate t J At . trial there no , no I mo , no fmgerpriots or 0 r eri- deuce to tie Carter to the crime. Only ph "cal descrip· were introduced �ence. And no two ere 1 …
…"Sammie doe not follo directio ," Hende n charged. an example, Hen de n . d th re lution directing a 30 percent t ide for minority orkers be included in th bid specific tions for teh 2.5 million ttered jate project no been fo arded by Smith to HUD uded with bid specifications. arch 19. un ·HUD." The third . of concern to the Com- . . on, Hender re ted is Smith's pro- po d trip to Omaha, eb for a con- ference. orbly Graf, South ...…
…'. ARCH 31 - APRIL • 19 2 in taxes and 11 Board follo' ere gran ed reduc ary Gagnard for 528 Columbus, of d' bility, frOOI 7,400 to 5,400; HiIlanl acting ent for Fern Boynton for 220 Pipestone, from 14,400 to 12,400 because of cy; Joe ea r for 376 ain, from 50,000 to 25,000; aurice op for 728 E. ain, from $29,0C1J to $7,800 for personal property; Sam S ett for 1168 Agard, from 9,100 to $7,000. reduction ere: anuel Stubb for 1...…
…I QUEST FO C 0 BULK RATE U.5. POST AGE PAID D T OIT TE VOL. IV o. 11 ARCH 24-30, 1 2 J OIDlmlSlllOD met in lOted 3 to 1 to 30 25 b / c c te' to hy summer that i plan. Hep …
…• 15 ARCH 17 - 23, 1 2 the question,--- oom!lillil)n "could ttl contractor') arm to hire local y �:'iroper." Rau . g id Dele ment (HUD) spo esman Tom Jo s described the hiring of a South d architect for the remodeling ofHuborTo At the March 16 Benton Harbor Co n ting, Smith id that the architectural ork for the planDed S3SO JXXl remodeling job e To comp to Jo , HUD m ap- pro contract before it can be finali· zed. HUD d that on...…
…VOL. IV 0.14 ARCH 1 -1 1 2 GE OF ILLS incub te b· by a variety of . -110 busu· less bUill· !lesses o rUe to maximize IegJSlatlO· n for city fair in the …
…- 2 D FI ou o TO PAGE 3 Infonnation .. ts of the flowiderlng COIIl1� S 1.68 milliOn. A "F' . Report" by certified public ICCOUD ts . I illion • Ie y • • 101 …
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…BHHS SECURrrY STAFF - to If, k, front ro Cedric Culpepper; MK· :bae ro : Joyce Johnny HOJlIO'In By C . De Phi p. Sorority alloca ed $ 1000," e ex- Th appearance of (OPP). plained, "So e are going Coretta Scott g, S., ho is also to the next Senate meeting er B History ee member of the LMC Stu- on Feb. 19, to reque t Lake . chlgan Colleg , an additional $500. This came cl to being con- will be tight, but if ticket celled becau of good, ...…
…FEBRUARY 10 - 16, 1982 Servi Tri-COunty Southw.!st .. � tter n. e other, indicted by a -federal grand jury 1 o mber, He f ce a e of fraudulently ob taining fund from a 1 cal band, ith Gavin, char e of con pir y to commit bri rv FOI cAf; t te timony + t Patterson, all but o of the c unts e contr ctor ould be dropped and a recornmen ti made to the court of a two-year maximum ntence, th an id G vin d tome id. had b n offered ...…
…• • struction iii job aea1ed by Multner built." It Ad If Council that be the for JDOI:litor ch actmty. Propo O(JJlnent 1pUrted, IUppOrten by the En . Zone � of . portance of that III· .901111& .,tI ..... � referred to Urban game on an equ footing," B busir leSSItIWl vide for a " e zone. 1 so of credit; - Only SO percent 0 e on SIS0,000 of gro d to be id; - Fifty percent of for that if a com part 0 a dard build- ...…
…p the surgical e Coo e te of th city ddre De t month " nal d" "pre nt to dr 0 attention on the rno " , will be contactm the attorney to if there y loophole in th " 1977 merger of th g orial. The Concerned mister n ve point d " e of that merger there ere no Bla b rd and only three city re " ent d) ere not going to . of the board d dven uthority, TU TOP G .. …
…u loan corporation- in of 1�9. rey L. Carr, a city' then n Carr a JDe]�nsb.iD drive to enlist minority -b . the orpniu- don, claiming it had been controlled by bite, non- o ent bu . n to the detriment of the city'. b 0 community. Carr quoted in of $506,580 in loans e by UCDC, only 18 percent, or 84,442 go e to Carr further chuFf that ougb B had gotten little in m flY they ere the • telpO ib for the of IS of the 20 Attor...…
…• • , n for airplain De lopment Company, his firm cont cted th state in September hen CET announced it ould no long er be using tb Kay building due to ph out of th 70001 program, e fmalized the de metime in mid- 0 ember," said Senecal. "You ha e to understand th t e pay all costs out of the 6 per foot," Senecal 'd. e pay janitor, utili . s, taxe , Our co ts are 3.50 per square foot, You could y e'r renting it to the state for $...…
…THE ERA OF REAGO 0 ICS OR SUPPL Y·SIDERS IS UPON US. PAGE 3 HAS 0 ARTICLES OF HO THE CRUNCH IS HITTI G HO E I HEALTH CARE JA UARY , a unanimous OOIltmUsaoD, qu are railed by citize t the of the , finn of Small, man Dettman for e city's general l. Three of concern are bei d: inegularitie sur· rounding the bid openings; I - Dettman's role penonal ttomey for ayor bC e jn hi y d costly court battle to 1979 yom e1ectio ; - po ...…
…• , bmit- th criminal orx: 18 000 onday aftern n bid for th gen ral legal or. opening - Gavin sand Gavin dded that for th Spelman's. Cooke brought criminal legal h the Small, Small and Dett- ould charge at 75 per man bid in already opened me hour for any time nt and said it had been th in exce of thre hours en mistake. any given , or for rny It was Donald Dettman o r the first 1,200. of the same fum ho h d The only other attorney re...…
…5 pr�. The been virtual-. lY red-lined for 20 y "If I . area and and court." ... y Golze, Koehriilg Co. om· , told p'OUP of "horrendous t t!ins" problem experienced by factory, located . thear • Golze made ere city commun direeto , tha to put :JDI)IWU' on rehabilita buildin ou&h not peT e . not suited for industrial S1tlDY .. DM ASsurrABLE The original dy fo industrial d �t, Go1ze noted. The y pre pared by ...…
…The emptor s ere . g for puni . e damage to' 15 miD.ioB and aDUages of S 15 mil- ceo to Dudley, the group' ttorney Harold Curry, , tifi . September of . t still �1iI' la, but the Court had ordered all attorneys co - nected with the to t on or before Octobe 1 to diJcu the ata 0 ted, but group could not come up the my, Dudley ULES lAS "aood" pool, Dudley IWUP" f or • by Equal Emp1lovrlnent Opportunity COIDIlDD . !pool • a...…
…by rs. Collins to a Benton Harbor audience last ay. Marva Collin's success as a teacher was dramatized on national television by Cecily Tyson. On pages 8 and 9, readers can find th text of a speech deliver�""---"-"--.-.� of Hepp r ho iolate city charter require nt th t m r live ithin city limits. e ist.' Yarbrough, neverthele , v ted ith the lin bl e e p ained that pported Hepp r, but felt ld b rn d co - a e' cam- trid ma...…
…VOL. III NO. 52 and Hen- der n h expre d fe r th t the Republican ere tryin to chop up the city d p 1 the B vote t t predominan tiy hite s. "Thi plan aDo s Dem d 81 r bo rd ofnin c m fter ithdra illg his 0 n plan or flY c nty commi on dis- trict . c4()n thing i pp - ent," ter e told th am other member, 'g vern ment i cutting b c on r enue. The tructur of b cut The county commi on is not tive body e er e po...…
…VOL. III O. 51 OV.25 -DEC.1, 1981 " er id Local Devel- 00- been in for i dling of rted, tenant-occup·· rti 0 d by the "ce ,received throogh r In F bruary of 1979, Te . b Corporation, 131 Graham, nton Har· ived 68,000. It Tech-Fab my, ly th t city ttor orris G " of divertin for to 25 • ing Company, ain and Second, Benton Harbor, had its 249,300 SB loan ppro d. ity Stamp- ing dec! ed bankrup icy the same year. E.A.s....…
…o METH INS NEIIII ... OUR P RID E ISS HOW I G TUR TO PAGES 1 0 VOL.II� 0.50' NOVE BER 18 - 24, 1 11 th e did examine him, told him he needed to be ho . talized d ga him papers to bring to ercy . According to lett, hen e arrived t ercy he eXlI'nIl·ned by Dr. Sanford 1895 and another doc- r- Jett did not "Dr. rifled t I I', but to d the oth doctor he through doi lett recoan . opped doing February. H 00." , Octo- Dr. Po to Th...…
…VOL. III O. 'lOP GE3 • • FBI ele ir t phas of 9 month, 15 ma� inv stigation; only • I coun ts, 2 ,QOO r lat to $6.2 million that spark d pro b G vin and four 1977. _, .......... out t probe turn of 23 in . . cal b . - from the United Commun ity Deve opment Corpor tion (UCDC), non-p fit ocal dev pment com- pany, de . ted by the city to HUD funds for orth busin de lopment. Ford' loan plica 'on to UCDC to iIi- tat the buil...…
…et. off to cCoy. "In te never ve a . f brid tender. Becau I came up for job, they put up tes ." The tate h allo ed cCo to e the same Y te Daniels too , and c d Coy y he p d the a ted th gun from te . locker, cCoy As a procedure. He a . out hell come of an October 3 arbitratio eating he d in Detroit . . ould had t job," cCoy tes, "And I will go as far I to to ow th t they did nery they could to keep me from it." y C...…
…· judaement and does not proride for future .. bttao exJl�I1lUlrea." : is . mow outlay of 41.3 million, CMA said. Tilcomia . the ould pay tor itIelf out of projected frompa t The additional half miDion co for em- 't flom the .._�--'tY to coDJtruct two-ttory addition to ho the equipment, the CMA sUd. co nen top priority of Reeo ry Com ___ ._y night and Sa s g 'I os rey referred to a July 28 Board of Trust …
…dia a • a UL AT U�S. POST G£ ID • a upe TO AG 3 • o the 0 d Boy tum d modem urban re into old-f . ned ( entitl , C 0 appr ed 315,000 grant from Department of bor City Venture Cor- poration t th onday . t city COIu.t'I�' • tti . o r the next fi e r City Venture hopes to find fu ding for i If to t th rategy Discu 'on t DEPT. CH DISC I the Dom " unco ering a land development scheme for th 50 block r- rounding .t...…
…, ole founder declares ,Black . must map new proqrem Turn to P 3 Tum to P 9 Turn to P Q 9 Turn to Pa 5 TECH 0 OGY OFFE S TO DILE A? Tur to P 9 AllO EY GE E L LE YES LEGALI Y QUESTIO OP Turn to P 9 . '5 VEE C 'ST U G G F LTE 5 T m oP 8 …
…ra VOL. III • 44 OCTO R 7 - 13, 1 1 granted dison n ce th 100 or the exer d. $9450 closing s until rown had qu oned April 28, 1981, three '�I.UA.UOI· _. oner for 0 months later, Finance De- s prior to pre- partrnent records 0 nta . n of th deed. City Attorney 661 P - On April 28, 1980 orris G Yin held the fun the city on ga in tru n, a Wbirtpool - refu to 0 The Citizen eeuti , an option to buy a copy of th for S 100 and a deadlin ...…
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…TO AGE 12 Bento r city could rate up to $375, 00 in 0 e year d up 680,000 every ye tbelrealter if it pu t its tel dep nt in order, y Arthur Andeno d Company. The con- ltan hired by th city of estim tea. Consultants giv many re ns for the ck of meters being r d: - dam ed, bro en meters wi no on train ed to do th repairs; ed to do the repairs ( for example, Berrien Hom s every meter unreadable); -landlord or tenants door ...…
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…25 CE TS CITY ATTOR EY GAVI TO SEEK ATTOR EY GE ERAL'S OPI 10 0 CITY CHARTER PROVISIONS CO FLICT WITH "LOANED EXECUTIVE" PLA Inc., city a &4 . e" throu of Commerce ual salary of 45,000- the city $25,000 d $20,000 comi fr community n a p re , 4.1 …
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…AUGUST 11-25 1 v 25 CE TS , Taxpaye through edi care and edicaid payments ICCOWlt for more h of the by ercy and Hospital. Community Re . , author of the document, . . anticipated t· current year, 1981, that figure mere to 56.88 percent. Cr percent of 1980 d i ed to drop to 10.41 per cent d . yeo AD According to documents filed the Department of Public 53.83 percent of the b paid It the 0 Twin C· boIpitab· 1980 e...…
